Aurora
Found In:
11007511
Description
- Title
- Aurora
- Creator
- Peter Riga, ca. 1140-1209
- Published / Created
- [between 1200 and 1299]
- Publication Place
- France (Citeaux Abbey)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of Petrus Riga, Aurora, as well as Aegidius Parisiensis, De poenis inferni, and an unrecorded poem on the vices and virtues
- Description
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Script: main text copied by three hands writing Gothica Textualis Libraria: scribe A (ff. 1r-198r and 243r-279v6); B (ff. 198v-204v) wrote larger and bolder; C (ff. 205r-242v and 279v7-360r).
Decoration: headings in red, partly written in the margins, missing after f. 350r. Line fillers at the end of almost every line. Guide letters; flourished initials.
Binding: 19th century, signed by P. Lefebvre: dark blue straight-grained leather over cardboard, the covers decorated with simple frames of gold-tooled fillets.
In Latin. - Provenance
- Belonged to the abbey of Cîteaux. Later successively in the possession of the Duke of Sussex (1773-1843): his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; William Stuart of Aldenham Abbey (d. 1874); Henry White (his armorial bookplate, with motto “Praesto et persto” on the first flyleaf r; Sotheby sale, 2 May 1902, lot 3); Sotheby sale 11 April 1961, lot 147, to Alan G. Thomas; Brian S. Cron (1913-2002; bought from Alan G. Thomas, 6 July 1963); purchased August 2002 from Quaritch on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 361 + ii : 225 x 140 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 987
- Related Resource Online
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Paraphrases
Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Peter Riga, ca. 1140-1209.
Abbaye de Cîteaux. - Subject (Topic)
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Versions
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Peter Riga, ca. 1140-1209
Abbaye de Cîteaux
Bible. Latin > Versions
Bible > Paraphrases
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Peter Riga, Aurora. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9892309
- Object ID (OID)
- 11007511
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